Auto-fender.



0. G. CLAY.

AUTO FENDER. v APPLICATION mm) mm: 26,1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Witnesses Attorneys L y the lingers l, the c i moo riot-t er ill A51 .lsiti l Mul till. All t is @Fi lmhl Application filed June 26, 1913.

To all 10. 1am it may concern:

it lUlOWD that I. UDlN GREENE Cmr,- a citizen of the United States, residing atll oshington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Auto-Fender, of which the following is specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is u fender adapted to he upplied to a motor propelled vehicle.

@no object of the invention is to provide a fender having means whereby, when the fender is struck by an obstacle. such a person standing in the way of the tendon an electrical circuit will be opened, thereby stopping the advance of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to pro vicle a fender of novel form, and to provide novel means for supporting the fender in upon the vehicle.

With the ibovc and other objects in view, which will appear as the cription pro- =.7Etltll5,ll.l. in the (Zl11bll1l1- invention resides tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimer, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention. herein disclosed can he made within the scope of What is claimed Without departl'roni the spirit of the invention.

in the drawingzl igure 1 shows in side elevation a vehicle to which the fender constituting the subject. matter of the present application has been applied; Fig. 2 a front elevution of a vehicle equipped wit the fender.

in the accompanying (ital-Wings the l ineral 1 indicates the chassis or some o-tl;

p :ured to the chassis l w'ljziurent the forward end therein are sockets Projecting from the sockets 2 are upwardly extended prinuu'y arms 3 ropell 'jl vehicle. 2'';

inchuling lingers f-ecomlary urine 5 pro- 1eot from the soclr iii ounted upon lingers 4 and new thereon by set are sleeves l in which ure journal 8 iected with collars curb-re )DS or" th cing the side oo :lruine 10. The sleeves i adjust-able upo-ti ollurs 9 belnglixed with respect to the side portions of the frame ll'l ci rmne '10 may he t'ushioned from pip;v may he surrounded by :1 tubular rubber cove 'ing ll. Wires 1:2 or other flexible elements are extended in intersecting relation across the frame 10, the ends of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug". 111, fill lo SerfaI no. 775,988.

' Wires rioting secured to the ironic Hi by means of retro ctile helicul springs-1'4; From the foregoing it is to he observed 'tlist the frame 10 of the fender is permitted to have an upward swinging movement on the shafts 8, the arms 5 engaginu the lender frame below its point of suspcn' u and serving to pos tion the frame su uutially as show 11in Fig. l. The arms Arve as it rest or support for the fender lrame in its normal position. 1

At the lower end of the fender frame 10 are disposed relatively small ground en gaging wheels 15. At its sides, the fender frame 10 is equipped with rearwardly extended Wings 16. The function of these Wings 16 is to prevent a portion of the body of a person caught by the tender, from slipping bereeth the ground Wheels 17 oil the. in. Q0?

dcsirahirtrrnise the fender out of the position shown in Fig. 1. In. order to 21C- coniplisn this result, a flexible element 18 1s serurerl to the lntermediet'e portion of the bottom of the lender indicated at 19, the flexible element 18 passing over the upper end of the fender frame as shown at 20, and being extended rearwerdly as indicated at 21 to a point- Within easy reach of the driver of the vehicle. Obviously, by drawing upon the flexible element 18, the fender frame 10 mav he iziised and swung reerwurdlv :CQ-r the vehicle.

Located at the sides of the fender frame it} are bindi posts 92 upon which are journeled switch urine 523 of Wire or other suitable conductor. "he switch arms are iuterenguged at their inner ends us shown at 24, uitcr the manner of a plug; switch The switch arms preferably are engaged with the intersecting wires 12. As shown in the switch arms are attached to certain of the wires 12 by means of tie-strands 333. From one binding post 22 n conductor 24 leads to a. source of electrical one This source of elecl'ricul energv out}! be a; storage buttery. u mono L l I cotnsliitut mg: :4 p01 ion or the mech on eiectricu i; propelled vehicle. opposite side of urcc mconductor 26 leads to the engine of the engine is indicated the plug 28 :1 conductor other binding post 232.

V In practical operation, when a person propelled vehicle, At times it,

'). or any source of cletmricul (verge projootod upon the fender, the resilient l wires 12 of the frruler will yield, and, at tho some limo, the intei'einp'ngod parts 0f the; switch members 22-} will be separated, tlwrooy opening the rirc-uit which includes; tho spark plug 3H. Obviously-i112 engine i -7 will at once cons-1o to o u-rizto l: irl UN described the invention, what is ulnin cd l. in 11 device of the class described, sup ports iln-huling nngulurly (l'ibPUSLfl primary and secondary til'lllR; members mounted to lide for adjustment on the primary arms; menus l'irtol y xocuring mid members to the primary 111-1115 mill :1 'iramh-r pivotvrl to said meinlicrs. the secondary arms engaging "the fond-or to vongtituic :1 support therefor Vhen the hl'llltl' l: in. i1 normal position,

in 11' r lovivo oi the vlnss describe-ii, :1 whi-izlo "rmuo; EliplUlt'fi SEBCEU'QLl to the vehicle fro/1110 uul' proi-idod with upwardly oxitonnleil arms; :1. lmu'h -r mounted to swing upon said a ins; and othmrelatively fixed 1 arms projecting from the supports and en- 35:1 god behind the fender to support the ioncler in :1 normal position.

3. in a device of the class desoribefi, a motor propelled vehicle including an alootritul circuit constituting n part of the spool controlling mechanism of the vehicle; a fender carried by the vehicle, the fender int-hiding a flame and 11 floxihle portion; a SYltali including; cooperating members pivoted to the frame and. extoiulod across the flexible portion, said members lining interposed in said circuit flllil cmcting at their mljncPut inner ends to open 11nd to close S111: (circuit.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing Ar my own. I have he eto ailixed my signzn turn in the presence of two witness's ODIN G. CLAY.

Witnesses SELINA VhLLsoN, l. 1*]. Sun'sm'. 

